Beet-plow.



WITNESSES I LLB. FENTON.

BERT PLOW. APPLICATION FILED 001a, 1912.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913 COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0.,WASHlNn'mN, D. c.

mVENToR A; ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

BEET PLOW.

L. E. PEN TON.

APPLICATION I'ILED OOT.8, 1912. Y 1,069, 1 18.

LEWIS E. FENTON, OF SALINAS, CALIFORNIA.

BEET-IPLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 8, 1912.

Patented Aug. 5,1913

Serial No. 724,573.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEWIS E. FENTON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Salinas, in the county ofMonterey and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Beet-Flows, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in plows for pullingbeets, and the object of the invention is to provide a beetplow in whichthe plow shares can be raised out of the ground when desired, as forturning at the end of a row of beets, and also in which the direction ofthe plow can be readily changed, as when it is required to direct theplow along a curved or crooked row of beets.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved beetplow; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofa detail.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the plow shares, which are spacedapart a suitable distance, as is usual, to permit the beets to passtherebetween and to remove them from the ground, being suitably curvedat their rear portions 2, as shown. Said rear portions 2 have rearwardextensions 3, and said portions are clamped and the extensions arebolted to side bars 4 connected by transverse arches 5, to which archesis secured a rearwardly extending seat frame 6 supporting a seat 7. Therear ends of said bars 4 are pivotally connected as shown at 9, withbars 10, the rear ends of which are connected to the rear axle 11, uponwhich are rotatably mounted the rear wheels 12. Said bars 10 extendforwardly of said pivots 9, and at their front ends are formed withupwardly extending arcuate slots 13, the bars 4 having therein bolts 14,which can be fixed when desired at any desired point in said slots,although ordinarily they move freely therein. Said bars 4 extend forwardof the foremost arch 5, and converge toward one another, and theforwardly extending portions 16 of said bars are secured rigidly totransverse blocks 17 of wood, to which is rigidly secured a wooden innerframe or beam 18. At the front end of said frame is pivoted, as shown at19 the clevis 21, which is attached to the six-horse evener, by whichthe plow is drawn over the ground.

To the bars 4 adjacent to the foremost arch 5, are pivoted, as shown at22, side bars 23 forming an outer frame, which bars 23 convergeforwardly and are secured to a transverse wooden beam 26, from whichdepend the standards 27, to the lower ends of which are rotatablyconnected rearwardly curved forks 28, supported upon the front wheels29, which thus move in the manner of ordinary casters. Said transversebeam is also attached to the side bars 23 by stays or braces 31.

Secured to the sides of the outer frame are the sides of a yoke-shapediron bar 34 and to the said beam 18 is secured the middle of an upwardlydirected yoke 32, the sides of which, being between the sides of theyoke 34, guide said beam in its vertical movement. The middle portion ofthe yoke 34 is formed with an aperture 35, through which extends avertical bolt 36, on which can horizontally swivel a yoke-shaped holder37, through which holder passes a lever 39, provided with the usualspring latch and segment 40, of which lever the rear end extends to apoint in proximity to a person seated upon the seat, and the front endis pivotally attached to the upper extended end of the pivot 19, saidpivot having a collar 48 above the beam 18. Upon depressing the rear endof the lever 39, the front end is raised, thereby also raising the frontend of the main beam 18, and raising the front end of the plow shares,so that the plow moves upwardly out of the ground.

Formed rigidly with the clevis is a laterally extending arm 44,pivotally attached at its outer end to the front end of a link or bar45, the rear end of which is pivotally attached to a foot lever 46,pivoted at its center upon a pin 47 depending downwardly from the seatframe, and suitably formed at the ends to receive the feet of thedriver. When either end of said foot lever is pressed, the bar 45 ismoved longitudinally, so as to move the clevis to one side or the otherof the direct line, and, in consequence, the beam 18 is moved to oneside or the other of the draft line of the horses, and likewise the plowshares are moved to one side or the other, thus enabling said plow tofollow a curved or crooked line of beets.

\Vhen it is desired that the plow should travel upon the road the rearend of the lever 39 is raised as high as possible. The effect is tolower the front end of the beam 18 and the rear end of the beam is thenraised, the points of the plow shares then acting as a fulcrum. Sincethe rear end of the bars 4- is raised, and the rear ends of the bars 10,which are are stationary, the front slotted ends of said bars 10 areraised, so that the bolts let move to the bottoms of said slots. Whenthis has been done, said bolts are tightened in said slots, and then,upon depressing the rear end of the lever 39, the effect is to raise theplow shares from off the ground, so that the plow can travel upon theroad.

I claim 1. In a beet plow, the combination of front wheels, a framesupported thereon, plow shares, a frame supported thereby, a seatsupported by said frame, a fulcrum for a lever supported by the frontwheel frame, a lever pivoted on said fulcrum, its rear end extendinginto proximity with the seat, and its front end having a movableconnection with the front end of the plow share frame.

In a beet plow, the combination of plow attached to the rear axle,

shares, a plow frame supported thereon, comprising rearwardly extendingbars, a rear wheel frame pivoted to the plow frame, having barsextending forwardly from its pivots, the forward ends of said barshaving vertical arcuate slots, bolts passing through said rearwardlyextending bars, and engaging said slots, a front wheel frame having barspivoted to the rearwardly extending bars, a fulcrum on said front wheelframe, a lever pivoted upon said fulcrum, its rear end extending intoproximity to said seat, and its front end having a movable connectionwith the front end of the plow frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LEWIS E. FENTON.

Witnesses FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, D. B. RICHARDS.

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